Not exact matches
These days,
big name publishers are playing it safe by banking on low risk sequels or reboots and this has allowed smaller,
more independent developers to step up to the plate and offer up some truly original gaming such Chair's Shadow Complex and Runic Game's Torchlight.
If
big -
name publishers make these mistakes, then self -
publishers are
more at risk.
Traditional press gives
more of a
name brand backing to your novels, but often even the
big five
publishers depend on the authors to market their own books.
Samhain has had some terrific success getting prequel and mid-series novellas from fairly
big -
name authors where the rest of the series is in print from a
more, shall we say, traditional
publisher.
Large
publishers can't compete against that (a traditional mass market paperback sold for $ 8.00 earns the author about 40 cents), which is one of the reasons I firmly believe the future of publishing lies in the hands of indie authors and small
publishers, and in the years ahead we'll see
more and
more big -
name authors go indie.
MadeFire is making it a priority to bring on
big name publishers to its ecosystem... [Read
more...]
While
bigger names from some of the
bigger publishers often get some help in the PR department, authors generally have a lot of work... [Read
more...]
What's
more vain than an author refusing to publish their book unless its published by a
big name NY
publisher?
Big -
name authors and
publishers can sell books without the best blurb, so you can learn
more by studying effective blurbs from lesser - known authors.
Whilst I will still have to market this book having a marketing team and distributors plus a
big name publisher behind me will help reach a lot
more people.
Developers are buckling down to make
more and
more money on each game release, that is the
name of the game (no pun intended) and quite a few
big name developers and
publishers are following this business model.
These days,
big name publishers are playing it safe by banking on low risk sequels or reboots and this has allowed smaller,
more independent developers to step up to the plate and offer up some truly original gaming such Chair's Shadow Complex and Runic Game's Torchlight.
Big name third party
publishers and developers are dedicating
more resources to their growing selection of mobiles.